The Sun. — London, England, 1864-04-28 00:00:00

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From this time ntil the end of the season thne will be four Opera nigtits u in each week, viz., every Mond,y, Tuesday, Thursday, and s attaday. Sutscription Night, in lieu of Tuesday, August 2. Mdlle. Emilia Lagrua ; Signor Graziani ; Signor Mario. .-Turs EVENING (THURSDAY , April 2S, will be per formed Donizctti's opera, LAIeAVOItI VA. Leonora, Mille. Emi it Lagraa. Inez, Madame Tagliafico ; Alfonso XI., igrior Graziano ; Baldassar , Signor Attri ; Don Gasparo, signor Rosso ; and Etrdinando, Signor Mario. Conductor, JAr. Costa. The incidental Divertissement Zvi 1 be supported by Mdlle Silvoni, Mdlle. Carmine, and Mdlle. Navarre. Commence at half past Eight. Pit tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre eta Is, 10s. 6d., 75., and 55. ; amphitheatre. 2s. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had at the box-office under the portico of the theatre, which is open from ten to five, and at the principal musicsellers' and THEATRE ROYAL DR U R Y-L AN E. Managers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and 1. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, a scene from TWELFTH NIGHT. Atter which, will be produced the Grand Stage Revival of Shakspere's Chronicle or Historical Play, entitled the First Part of HENRY THE FOURTH. The cast will include impersonations by those emineit artists, Mr. PHELPS, Mr. Walter Montgomery, Mr. Walter Lacy. Mr. Addisoi, Mr. Ryder, Mr. Itobert Roxby, Mr. Barrett, Mr. E Phelps, Mr. Rayner, Mr. H. Vandenhoff, Mr. G. Belmore, Mr. Ellerton, Mr. Fitzjames, Mr. Neville ; Miss Edith Wynne, Mss se Leclercq, Hnd Mrs. Edmund Fal coner, supported by all the Members of the Drury-lane Com pany. To conclude with AN APRIL FOOL. Mr. G. Belmore. THEATRE ROYAL HAY MARKET.-- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER: Messrs. Buckstone, Chippendale, Culleniord, Howe, W. Gordon, Clark. Rogers, ttc. ; Mesdames Angel, Snowdon, Fitzwiliiam, cfrc. To be fol:owed by LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS. Mr. Bnckstone. After which, A KISS IN THE DARK. Commence at 7. ItOYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fcchter. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with THE DAY AFTER THE FAIR: Messrs. Widdi combe, Garden, Moreland, and Miss E. Lavenu. After which, Mr. John Brougham's Original Comedy, PLAYING WITH FIRE. Messrs. J. Broughsm, Emery, Widdicomb, J. G. Shore ; Miss C. Leclercq, Miss lienrade, Miss P. Leclercq ; Mrs. Winstanley. Doors open at 7, commence at halt-past. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. For the Benefit of Mr. Ransford. THIS EVENING, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS. The Two Dromios, by the Brothers Webb. Atter which, A CONCERT. To conclude with KATHERINE AND PETRUCHIO. Mr. Vining, Mr. D. Fisher, Miss C. Carson, &c. EW THEATE.E-R0 YAL, ADELPIII.- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS:EVENING,an apropos Sketch, SHAKESPEARE'S HOUSE: Messrs. J. L. Toole, H. Phillips, 6tephenson. Af er which, at 8, LEAH Miss Bateman, supported by Messrs. A. Stirling, R. Phillips, Billington, Stuart, Eburne, Stephenson ; Miss H. Simms and Mrs, liillington. To conclude with THE AREA. BELLE : Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, te. /tomer, Miss Wooigar, and Mrs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7. 9IISS BATEMAN.—L E A EVENING and EVERY EVENING.—Miss Bateman will re-appear in her great impersonation of the Jewish ma'den until further notice. In order ,o give due effect to tnis most remarkable success of the se,son, eatireT new scenery by the celebrated artists Messrs. Danson and t-ons, and Thompson. New dr,sscs and appo:ntments have be,n prepare I for its production.—N. it. in consequence of the ilressing and numerous applications at the Box-office, ar engements have row been made by which Seats m y be ob tained a Fortnight in Auvair e. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborou,gh. THIS EVENING, MY PRES ERVER. Alter which (never acted) MAZOURKA. Messrs. Honey, Turner, &c. ; Marie Wilton, Simpson, &c. Followed by TURN HIM OUT. Commence at 7. ItUYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, uader the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with rank and fashion.— The greatly successful new Comedy every Evening. - First week of a new Sensation Farce.-31r. J. Clarke. Amongst the artists engaged will be found the popular names of Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charles . Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. P , u 1 Bedford, Mr. .T. itobinson, Mr, Ashley, Mr. J. Johnstone; Mrs. Char es Mathews, Miss H, rbert, Mrs Frank Matthews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, EVERY EVENING, at 7. a Farce, with a new sensation, called HAKE HANDS Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Ashley, Mr. Johnstone ; Miss Fanny Josephs and Hiss Patti Josephs. At a quarter before 8, the successful new Comedy, by L. Buckingham, Esq., entitled THE SILVER LINIAG 11;r. t_harles Mathews, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. Ashley, Mr. Montague; Mrs. Charles 111athews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, hiss A. Cottrell, and Mrs. Stirling. After which, at 10, COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Mr. Charles Mathews. To conclude with UNDER THE ROSE : Mr. Ashley and hiss A. Cottrell. Commence at 7. COALS. —[tie LILLESHALL COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. 26s. per ton. Double... 21s. per ton. Top 235. „ Nuts. . . Deep 22s. „ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W. Best Coke Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. jdl TH [RD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, pan be had Every Evening of G. It. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, April 28, 1864. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock Barometer-30.06. Wind—N.E.; mcderate breeze; fine, but rather cloudy. Int Sun. LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1864. GARIBALDI's Farewell to London has in due course been followed by his Farewell to TEngland. The latter Address—rather more lengt'jy and evi dently more highly elaborated than i L-8 predecessor —will be found elsewhere in oar columns this evening : followed, it rill be Peen also, by a brief but earnest ezpression of his gratitude to the Eng lish Newspapers. As to the farewell address of General GARIBALDI to the mass of our fellow countrymen, while, 'we ourselves here in England may regard it cs, more than anything else an effusion of feeling consequent upon the extraordinary recep tion accorded to Gen. GARIBALDI, from the moment of his landing from the Ripon at Southampton to the - moment of his embarking on board the Duke of SITTLIERLAND'S yacht the Uadine at Ply moo th upon his return voyage to Caprera—it may be as well perhaps to consider for a moment how this document will in all human probability be regarded by continental observers. Many a gobemouche ' l '4 the European Continent has long ago come to tha conclusion that the whole of this amazing move- Ill "t here in England has been the result of :Pre-arr" genaent. It " means something," they would ar gue something (that is to say) sinister --some deep design on the part of the English Government. It signifies nothing at ail to them— those dealers in canards, to those discoverers of Inaresnests, to all that class of infatuated alarmists _th a t, we ourselves here in England laugh to scorn every Preposterous imputation of the kind as a something too entirely s•idiculcus to demand one instant's serious refu tation. We—kno wing full well the character of cur own fellow countrymen) and knowing also full well the character of our leading statesttel, whether Whig or Tory, Liberal or Conservative, it matters just ah2ointelynothing—see the truth so thoroughly that it is completely transparent to us— an d , so tY2 Cing it, we k now a b so l ute l y th a t insi nuat i ons of this absu r d ki nd are i u their nature perfectly ridicaloue. Punch's great comic cartoonist, TEN.NIEL, bit the notion very cl6veri,Yl in. deed, only a few weeks since—hit it, as one may say, just exactly between wind and water—where he depicted the ideal Goddess of France in her atelier painting Mr. JOHN BULL'S portrait in the character of an AT &as Conspirator— a scowl on the stout old gentleman's brow, revolvers and bowie knives thrust in his girdle, a guerilla•like sombrero on his pate, the smear_of a brigand-like moustache upon his upper lip. And all the while—confronting Gallia—there was Mr. JOHN BULL himself, in the flesh, very substantially in the flesh, giving her goddesship a sitting with an ineffable smirk upon his lips, looking, in fact, as sheepish as any old bell-wether on his downs, as harmless, in truth, as any unweaned calf in his farm yard. That—as plainly as pincil could put it 01 boxwood—was literally the English of it! Yet, while we ourselves know the fact of the matter to be just as we are here putting it into words from a remembrance of the good humoured satire drawn by the most gifted of all our political caracaturists —we know perfectly well also that such is our national reputation on the continent, that hardly any people in Europe will give it credence, even partial credence. And certainly it must be con fessed we have here in England been blundering, time after time, of late, or at any rate we have been allowing our statesmen eo to blunder re peatedly into false positions—yielding thereby a sort of an excuse to the more cynical of our tradu cers on the continent. Things, in fact, have so fallen out here, not once or twice, but repeatedly— that afforded a kind of a colourable reason to the base insinuations of sinister motives and dark underhand designs on the part of our Government. Immediately before GARIBALDI'S coming to England, for example, there was a certain member of our Administration, a subordinate one, no doubt, (though he did vaunt himself a Minister of the Crown)—but, however subordinate his position, still a Member of the Administration -- who was detected not merely as being an intimate friend for many years past of MAzzlacl's, not merely as being a sympathiser with, and an eulogiser of, MAZZINI, but as one directly mixed up with MAZZINI in his Secret Correspondence, the Secret Correspondence of a man notorious all over Europe as an Arch- Conspirator. That came to light—that was dragged to light—with difficulty at first, but fully and clearly in the end—not in any obscure corner of London, bat within the House of Commons itself —immediately before the recent arrival in this country of General GARIBALDI. And, then—after all this extraordinary manifestation of en thusiasm in favour of GARlBALDl—another Minister of the Crown, one who, by his posi• tion, no less than by his own personal importance is entitled to be so defined, is detected (that ie really the word for it), is at first with some difficulty, but afterwards quite clearly, found out to have been, on the sly, "hinting" a reason, "hesitating" a cause for GARIBALDI'S hasty depar ture from Landon, on the spur of the moment, from England immediately afterwards—just upon the eve of the opening of the sittings of the Confe rence! Proceedings of this kind, whether on the part of an ex-Junior Lord of the Admiralty or on the part of a Chancellor of the Exchequer, are, certainly (there can bo no denying this at least) not above board— and, therefore, it need hardly be added, are not worthy of any member (great or little) of her Britannic MAJESTY'S Government. Conscious of these kind of unlucky facts, our more cynical observers on the Continent will not un. ' naturally, under the circumstances, ba putting their own construction upon the wording of this Address of Farewell to England, this Address penned at the moment of his departure from o ur shores by General GARIBALDI. Lord CHELMSFORD'S observations on the subject of the law of Prizes were very much to the purpose, andjust at the present time seem very appropriate• It is very important that all who are well qualified to give an opinion upon such topics should come forward at triis juncture and lend their aid to the disentanglement of a subject which concerns so many persons, and relates to such varied interests, It is only when men of mark come forward that the authorities will condescend to pay any attention to the eager and expectant individuals who want to know what is going forward, and are very anxious to see some changes wrought in the system. The correspondence concerning the Tuscaloosa was the groundwork of Lord CHELMSFORD'S discourse, and he very ably demonstrated the fallacies of the ex pressions made use of by our Government in the course of the discussion. Certainly our Minis:, e „ do not meet with much encouragement s: a th e i r public9.tion of despatches and b es t owr 1 of corress pondeace. There is always some o-de to get up and declaim against the want of s';irit that they have displayed in dealing with t .'ois potentate, or to des cant upon the illegality of their claims and the false nature of their po l ecy. Be the se s t r i c t ures t rue or not in a genreal sense, it is certain that Lord CHELatsFOF.D made good his case against the powers that be. He asked whether the Government had rece;ied their instructions, which was about as strong a hint as he could give that they were of a class suicidal in policy and ruinous in character to those who had sent them forth. No one could have put a case more strongly than did Lord CHELMS FORD in showing the illegality practised by our Government in their actions with the Tuscaloosa from the outset. It is a very good thing to let this subject engross the thoughts and occupy the atten tion of the House and public for a brief period again before the whole question is cast into the limbo of things forgotten. Unwise and incomprehensible as has been the conduct of our Government through out the whole course of the American war, the Tuscaloosa case stands prominently forward as an example of inconsistency, harshness, and injudiciousness. From first to last there have been a doubt and hesitation and an utter want of proper feeling exhibited that must prejudice our country in the eyes of foreign nations, and militate against the appearance of corsisteucy which we ought to maintain in our relationships to belligerent Powers. Why the Tuscaloosa should have been interfered with at all i e a question that may very naturally be asked by the ignorant, and the well-informed may re-echo with double earnestness and energy, The injudi cious interference, and the most unwarrantable intrusion created an awkward situation, and formed a dilemma ready made, as it were, into which our infatuated authorities plunged them selves double deep, and for all the subsequent cone fusions that environed them, and for all the attens dant annoyances and mortifying retractationa they had but themselves to thank. So far as anyone can make a sequence to the story or draw a moral from the tale, it was a case of unjust seizure, and shameful spoliation of the rights of others, fol lowed ,by timid retractation, and undignified re scinding of orders. As Lord CHELMSFORD forcibly put the case, the previous instructions must have been either right or wrong. "If they were wrong, her MAJESTY'S Government need have felt no humiliation in admitting their error, and making an apology, and it would further have been an act of generosity to which the C infederates were en. tirely unaccustomed." Lord CHELMSFORD went on to show the mistake made in the line of pk-ocedure adopted by the Government, if their instructions THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 28, 1864. were right, for they gave the vessel back to its original owners, and then summarily dispossessed them of it. The real secret of all this confusion worse confounded was distinctly given by the noble and learned lord in this short but sharp summary. The fact was, her MAJESTY'S Government did not like to admit they were wrong, and could not assert that they were right." Matters have truly come to a pretty pass when this is the record fur nished of an official transaction in which our Ministers have been concerned for many months. It needs no political opponent to teach the adhe rents of the Government that a change is impera tively necessary when such tactics rule the hour, and such policy obtains favour in high places. The sooner the debateable point is settled, and the re sponsibility left to the discretion of Ministers taken from those so manifestly incapable of exer cising it, the better. Rules and regulations had better hedge in the conduct of officials i❑ all these perplexing situations, and the law of "neutrals" be too firmly fixed and clearly defined for the veriest partisan to alter it, or the most reckless and prejudiced chief to depart from it. It was a piece of arrogant assumption and gross impertinence to send out such a series of instructions as those which emanated from our Cabinent. Oa this occa sion, as Lord CHELMSFORD very properly put it, there was no authority for the proposition that was laid down concerning the right of neutrals to deal with prizes after the fashion pursued by her MAJESTY'S Government respecting the Tuscaloosa, Earl RUSSELL'S remarks were very much what might have been expected from the noble lord, full of grandiloquent asseverations and indignant re monstrances that really signified nothing, and would not bear investigation, either as to the validity of his arguments or the consistency of his statements. For the noble lord to have uttered this last sentence, however, was a piece of astounding assurance, of which few could have believed even him to be capable. After descanting upon the several points of the affair, he thus wound up—" It appears to me that in all these cases the right course to pursue is that of perfect neutrality, and that we ought not to show ourselves to be animated by a feeling of partiality either on one side or the other." This is excellent in theory, but who can honestly aver that such principles are put in practice at our Foreign Office ? Have not our Ministers time after time exposed themselves to the ridicule, the contempt, and the indignation of all honest and independent men by their deter mined advocacy of the Federals in every especial particular, and by their unjust and unprejudiced conduct towards the Confederates. The best proof of their very inconsistent policy is afforded by the fact that over and over again they have compromised themselves in going too far to please the Govern ment at Washington, while in no single instance has there been any need to draw back in their friendly movements towards the South, nor in aggressive actions to its opponents. When a Minister gets up in the House and enunciates a principle or lays down a scheme of policy which sounds very well end promises very fairly, and the❑ goes back to his department and directly contradicts by his deeds what he has eagerly and earnestly advocated by his words, a very sad state of things occurs. Such a grievance is now felt by those who seek for public truth and political morality, and beyond the in jurious and injudicious workings of our foreign regulations at present, we have to lament a decad ence in the tone and a deterioration in the character of our authorities at home. It is all a system of shuffling that prevails, and a regular course of action is laid out consisting of bullying the weak and cringing to the strong, so that the old prestige of our national spirit is fast vanishing awap. Those who pursue a devious course cannot possibly be clear in their accounts of themselves or over scrupu lous in their dealings with each other, and one of the consequences of all this double-dealing in foreign affairs has been, that we never get a bona MK statement from Min:stcrs about anything that touches on awkward subjects. One of the most difficult q". cs ti ons connected with our colonial administro on came up f or dis cussion in the House of ( commons en Tuesday even ing. On that occaei'en Mr. MILLS moved for copies of any correspon: deacc w hi c h may have taken place between the Colonial Secretary and Sir GEORGE GREY, r r s'netive to tee proposed policy of confisca tion. The hon, member, in a speech of some I .ength, called the attention of the House to the condition of affairs in that country. He deplored the continuance of the war, and regretted that the local Government should have proposed measures which could only tend to L prolong it: he expressed his belief that the actual ' expenses of the war would not fall far short of ' £1,000,000 sterling, and entreated the House to consider calmly which course it was the duty of this country to pursue, and act upon it without I delay or vacillation. The acts which the hon. mem ber brought under the notice of the House must certainly be regarded as harsh and exceptional measures. Those on the spot can probably best judge of the necessity and desirability of such ex ' treme proceedings, but they certainly seem to be opposed to the usual principles of English legislation. A military dictatorship may be advisable just now, but the existence of such an exigency is always much to be de plored, and we shall hope that within a very short period Governor and governed may alike decide upon withdrawing ono at least of these arbitrary measures, whose extreme severity can only be justified by the common peril of the settlement. The first of these acts confiscates 5,000,000 acres of native land, although a favourable clause is added, giving to innocent persons a right to compensation on establishing their innocence. The other act suspends the operation of the ordirary courts of law, and to hang, imprison, or otherwise punish persons suspected of treason, who were to be tried by a combined court of regular and militia officers. The passing of such an act by the Colonial Legisla ture puts the Home Government in an awkward position. They are loth to countenance such ex treme measures, and yet, as Mr. CARDWELL very j'istly pointed out in his clear and temperate reply, it might create serious difficulties were the Colonial Office to disallow the act in question. Mr. CARD WELL went on to say that such a course would, in his opinion, be neither " wise, politic, nor even possible," and in this view we fully coincide. It is difficult for us rightly to appreciate the perplexities and embarrassments of the loci' Government, placed es they are in the midst of treacherous and disaf fected natives ; but of late years they have more frequently been censured for an excess of leniency than for unnecessary harshness. If, therefore, they have been driven to pass such measures, we may feel confident that they had some plausible reason for adopting a course so foreign to their usual policy, and it would be highly indiscreet on the part of the Colonial Office to lessen their authority, to suggest injustice and disunion in our councils to the 'natives, and to irritate the already agi tated and incensed colonists by so abrupt an interference with that privilege of self-govern ment which we long ago bestowed upon them. Under these circumstances Mr. CARDWELL has foie lowed a wise and prudent course, avoiding alike iejudioious interference, on the one hand, and a too ready acquiescence in extreme measures, on the other. Without directly opposing the colonial statute, he had endeavoured to restrain its action within just and reasonable limits by his instructions to the Governor. The views which he expressed were such as are likely to secure the concurrence of the public. They included the maintenance of the Governor's authority, the chastisement of the guilty, the demand for a reasonable indemnity, and after the due amount of chastisement should have been inflicted, the publication of an amnesty to all not personally concerned in heinous offences, such as murder in cold blood. &c. It is also suggested that sundry precautions should be taken with a view to preventing injustice, or too great severity. No confiscation is to take place without the personal concurrence of the Governor, and there is to be au open commission for the investigation of any case i❑ which confi-cation .5 intended. It will thus be seen that the authority of the Governor is fully maintained, while due regard is had to the claims of justice ai:t• mercy. Tne Home Government has certainly every right to make these suggestions, since it has taken a more than nominal part in assisting the colonists. It has, as Mr. CARDWELL reminded the House, sent 10,000 troops for their protection, as well as giving theat " an able and a distinguished Genera)," for the immediate direction of affairs. Most of the subsequent speakers ex pressed themselves fully satisfied with the state ment of the Colonial Secretary, although conside rable difference of opinion existed as to the origin of the war, some attributing b it to the disputes about the possession of land, others to the Maori King movem€ nt, and others, again, to the deliberate pur pose of the natives in the northern island to exter minate the settlers. The difficulties attending the whole subject are undoubtedly very great, and they were shown by the conflicting opinions in the de bate of the other evening. One trouble is, that those who uphold the cause of the natives, do so without any regard for the feelings or risk of the colonists, and, consequently, their eloquent denun ciations of the inhumanity and injustice of the British fall powerless on the ears of those who have been listening to tales of plundered farms, of burning cottages, and old teen and children mas sacred by the wayside. After Mr. Altus's tem perate but decided advocacy of the Maori cause, and Mr. BUXTON'S more vehement language on the same side, Mr. CARDWELL did well to remind the House that this present war had its origin in the barbarous murder of the cflicers and men who formed part of an inoffensive convoy. Sir GEORGE GREY wrote home to the effect that there was rea son to apprehend a general rising of the Northern natives with a view to the total expulsion of the whites, and having grounds for such an apprehen sion the Governor did well to prosecute the war with all vigour and promptness. All must be unanimous in wishing for the conclusion of the lamentable struggle which is desolating the flourish ing colony, but we may be assured that whatever the successes of our arms, it will need a careful ad mixture of generosity and justice, of firmness and conciliation, to maintain peace and plenty in our settlements without being driven to a policy of ex termination, THE FORGED DISPATCH, The following " Copy of Lord Lyons's dispatch referring to the alleged report of the Seeretary of the Navy to the Congress of the Confederate States" was published yesterday LORD LYONS TO EARL ItUSSELL. (Received April 3.) Washington, March 22, 1864. My Lord,—ln my dispatch of 31st December last I en closed au extract from a newspaper containing what pur ported to be a copy of a report of Mr, Mallory, the Confede rate Secretary of.the Navy. Your lordship wilt recollect that the supposed report contained passages avowing the attempts to organise an invasion of the United States from Canada, and giving details with regard to ships of war stated to be building for the Confederate Gavercinent in England and France, Sens stress has, as your lordship is aware, been laid up n this document by Mr. Seward in his communications en the two subjects just mentioned. After alluding to the im portance which ho had attached to it, Mr, Seward said to me on the 19th instant that he felt bound to tell me that he had just discovered that it was a forgery. He had, ho said, taken considerable pains to discover whether it was authentic when it first appeared, and although he had been unable to procure any Southern paper containing it, he had quite satisfied himself that it was genuine. Recently, however, the person by whom it had been con cocted, hearing of his inquiries about it, had thought it right to let him know that it had been published originally as a mere jeu esprit, and that partly the amusement which it had afforded to see every one taken in by it, and partly the notion that it was injuring the Confederate cause, had prevented an earlier avowal of the truth. Mr. Seward stated that it was very remarkable that no disavowal of the supposed report had, so far as he knew, appeared in the Southern newspapers. Its authenticity had, indeed, been denied by Captain Maury in Eugland, but Captain Maury might not have had the means of know ing for certain whether it was really authentic of not, There was, however, now no doubt, Mr. Seward said, that it was a forgery.—l have, &c., (Signed) LIoNs. LATEST INTELLIGENCE [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] Reported Rejection of the Armistice by Austria and Prussia. VIENNA, APRIL 28. According to the Oesterreichisehe Zettung of to day the Cabinets of Vienna and Berlin have declined as inadmissible the proposal made at the Conference on Monday for an Armistice, with a maintenance of the blockade of German ports. .PARLIAMENT.ARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS, APRIL 27. CHURCH RATES COMMUTATION BILL. Order for second reading read. Motion made and question proposed, " That the bill be now read a second time." Amendment proposed, to leave out the word "now," and at the end of the question to add the words " upon this day s i x months." Question put, "That th e word now' stand part of the question." The house dividtd — Ayes, 00 Noes, 160. A Be r n ch ti d n a e ll k , , C G a . p - t.M.E. AMiller, T. Forde, Y C E O S I. -60. Beecroft, G. S. GalwaY, Viscount Morritt, W. Pakenhani, Col. W. P. Gard, R. S. Bentinck, G. C. Goddard, A. L. Rose, W. A. Beresford, W. Gore, J. R. 0. Salt, T. Bremridge, It. Grey deWiltonL or d Scourtield, J. IL Bridges, Sir B. Grogan, Sir E. Selwyn, C. J. Bruce, C. L. C . Haliburton, T C S m ith, Abel Bruce, Sir li. T. C. Hamilton, Lord C. Smollett ' P. Butt, Isaac Harvey, It. B. Soines, Joseph Cargill, W. Bay, Sir J Stracey, Sir H. Cartwright, Col. Heskeih, Sir T. Copeland, Cole, lion. A ll i d . Surtees, IL E. orn y, .H. t.-Col. Cole, J. L. Hume W. Du Cane, C. linightley, R. Walcott, Adm. J. E. Duncombe, A.• Jones , D. H , , ,W. G. Lanffton G Way, Arthur E. Whiteside, J. Du Pre, C. Leslie, W. TELLERS, Fellowes, Edward Long, R. P. Newdegat e, C. Fer,, , usson, Sir J. Lopes, Sir M. Finlay, A. S. Lyall, 6-, gcnitio; . u, Lord E. v l 'l ' r:e t s li t e e e: i r c n h o a e l , m . M. A d A Agnew,ngicidcaaolercutktY:7:i..:f: A,: w . } }7, l T i a4N n a r g:: :' , d EJ I::: - ; . ' 16 . C. , 3 ail Mars h,r d t r n i l a' y 3l , . .11 1 . i . Anson, Major Fermoy, Lord. Morris, D. Morrison, W. Nettie, C. • Anstruther, Sir R. Fit 'll' CW. O'Conor Don, The Ayrton, A. S. zwl lain' C. raget C , , Aytoun, kl, S. Paxton, Sir J. Berkeley 3 a Bass 3 ea aa rz xri 'A k l l t e E 6 : 1 3: : 11 y 1 : 1' , Tjhbl:C'o' C. . 8 i r . isiG C i t IFYGIll' o l i°:lac a l e: : : :: icska o l i sh°:Vernitne'iln,,:rel4l e, r`. W. Ehl' . i 4 : -3ai. 1 :::. 1:1‘1. 1 5 S . l ). . pollardll'.l':lililPease, llrtUrquhartmljß., :James W Beach, W. IV, , • ' Goldsmid, Sir F. Potte E. Berkeley, Col. Gore, W. R. a . Potte r, Biddulph,',Col. R. 31, Greene, J. Black, Adam Greenwood,_ Gd J. Bleneowe, J. G. Gurney, Samuel li ß r ysn i 11 , its ' , t r io ° ao a .av Yl m . w ybe e Ari s bla e na e s o e ru i n l e d' rt i eb i r,,, e c : 3B n y j. l, P . 6 j,: s t A.. .iir A. B J. J . . A. . L W W. Bond, J. W, P. Iladfle.d, G. Ricardo, 0. Bouverie s E. P. Banbury, R• Btatid, H. B. Haukey, Thomson Robertson, D. Briscoe, J. I. Hardeastle, Joe. A. Robertson, H. Buchanan, W. IlartopP, B. B. Buller, Sir A. Ilayter, Sir W. Rogers, John J. Butler, C. S. Henderson, J. Russell, A.. 1. E. BUXton, C. Henley, Lord Carnegie,lln. C. Heygate, Sir F. Sclater-Booth, G. Clifford, C. C. llibbert, J, - T. . Seymour, A Clifton,' Sir R. li odgson, K. Smith, J. B. Clive, George Hopwood, J. T. Stacpoole, W. Cobden, R. Horsmar, E. Cochrane A. D. II timphery, IV. Tollemache, Hon.F. Cogan, W. H. Hutt. IV. Tracy, Hon. C. Coke, Col. Jackson, W. Tynte, Col. K. Colebrooke, Sir T,E. Jervoise, Sir J. 'Verney, Sir H arr y Collins, T. King, Hon. P. Colthurst, Sir G. Ning•lake, A. W. Vyner, I:tieg d l l i nla a l r d a Cox, W. KingSCOte, Col. 'Waldron, L. Craufurd, J. H. J. Knatchbull-Hug,ess Walter, John Dalglish, Robert Langton, W. H. G. Darner, S. D. Lawson, W. Waterhouse, S. Davey, It. Leatham, B. Watkins, Cel. L. Dawson, R. P. Lefevrc, G. J. S. White, Jas. Dent, John Dc t Lee, W. White, L. Dering, Sir E. Lennox, Lord G. G. Wickham, H . W. Duff, It. Lewis, Harvey , Williams, W. Dunbar, Sir Wm. Lindsay, W. S. Wood, Sir C. Dunlop, A. Locke, John Woods, Henry Egerton, Sir P. 3l‘Cann, J. Wynn, C. W. W. Licho, Lord ilackinnon,W. A. TELLERS. Evans, T. W. Maguire, J. P. Douscrlas, Sir C. Ewart, William Manners, Lord J. Ellijeld, Viscount A ROYAL PAMPHLETEER.•--The Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha, under the assumed name of Germanicus Vindex, has just published a reply to the speech made by the Earl of Malmesbury on the questioa of the Duchiee.— Gali:pani. THE WAR IN JUTLAND. COPENHAGEN, Arm', 27th, 9.15 a.m. On Monday last the enemy marched 10,000 strong to `'Viborg. Only a few troops have been left in the towns of Southern Jutland. THE PRINCIPALITIES. BUCHAREST, Ann. 27. The Government has presented to the Chambers a very liberal electoral law. The Chambers have been prorogued until the 14th May. A public manifestation took place yes terday against the vote of censure, which they re. cently passed upon the Government. To-day the reading of the message announcing the prorogation of the Chambers was enthusiasti. cally applauded by the people. The Prince leaves to-morrow for Moldavia. THE POLISH INSURRECTION. LEMBERG, APRIL 27. It is reported that two engagements have taken place • between the Poles under liossak and the Russian troops. The official Warsaw Gazette acknowledges that fresh bands of insurgents have made their appear. ance. Publication of an Evening Edition of the " Moniteur." PARIS, APRIL 28. On and after the Ist May next the Moniteur will publish an evening edition, SPAIN, MADRID, Aram 27. The birthday anniversary of the Dowager Queen of Spain has been celebrated to-day at Araujuez by a grand reception. The Ministers have all left Madrid for Aranjnez. Field Marshal Viscount Combermere, G, C,B, The public will have learned with pleasure that tilts venerable and gallant veteran is the subject of a proposed monument, commemorative of his military career and his private worth, about to be erected in Chester by public subscrption. A list of contributors has already appeared, and their numbers are daily increasing. Meetings have been held in the Castle of Chester to decide upon the form the intended memorial shall take, the locality to be chosen, and the artist to whom the work shall be entrusted. The Lord Bishop of Chester, the Earl Grosvenor, and the leading names of the county are upon the committee appointed to confer en the subject with Baron Marochetti, the proposed scu'ptor. It may be interesting at this moment to recapi tulate the several services in the career of this distinguished soldier. Lord Combermere is the eldest son of the late Sir It. Stapleton Cotton, M.P. for Cheshire. He was born in the yeer 1770, en tered the army in 1791, end served in Flanders in the campaign of 1793-94. Two years later he em barked for the Cape of Good Hope, under Sir T. Craig, in command of the 25th Light Dragoons, and, accompanying his regiment to India, went through the campaign of 1798.99, against Tippoo Saib, and was present at the siege of Seringapatam. In 1808 he accompanied Lord Wellington to the Peninsula in command of a cavalry brigade; here he particularly signalised hibaself during the cam paign in the north of Portugal, and in the opera tions of Oporto, and afterwards at the battle of Talavera, In the following year fie was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general, and in 1810 he was appointed to the command of the forces under the Duke of Wellington. In this position ho remained till the close of the war in 1814, dis tinguishing himself at the head of the cavalry upon every occasion, and being frequently men• tioned in the dispatches. He covered the retreat from Almeida to Torres Vedras, and took part in the battles of Busaco, Fuentes d'Oeor, and Salamanca, where he was severely wounded ; and also in those of the Pyrenees, Orthes, and Toulouse, In 1817 ho was appointed governor of Barbadoes, and commander of the forces in the West Indies, which he exchanged in 1822 for the chief command of the British forces in India, where he was at the head of the troops at the siege and capture of Bhurtpore in 1825.26. A peerage had been granted to him for his Peninsular services, and he was then raised to a viscountcy for his Indian exploits. On the death of the Duke of Wellington he was appointed constable of the Tower of Loudon, and lord lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets, and in 1855 was advanced to the rank of field marshal in the array. His lordship is a G.C.B. ; he also holds an appointment in the Court as gold stick in wait ing to her Majesty. He is now reposing in the quietude of kis Cheshire home, rich in years, and full of honours, after a period of active military ser vice extending far beyond the average life of man. DEPARTURE OF GARIBALDI, FALMOUTH, APRIL 27. The Undine left Saint Mawes at six this morning. The weather was fine. Ricoiotti landed last night at the Royal Hotel Falmouth. He will proceed to London today by the 12.41 train. QUEENSIOWN, APRIL 28. The Inman steamship City of London,from New York on the 16th inst., arrived here at 12.30 a.m. to-day, with 213 passengers and 821,476 in specie. She landed 83 passengers and proceeded at 12.40 a,m, • FRANCE. In regard to the Conferebse the Patrie says : " We learn from London that the proposal for an armistice emanating from the Cabinet at St. James's has been rejected—in other words, referred to the different Cabinets for consideration. This dilatory proceeding is the utter ruin, ab initio, of Lord Pal merston's policy. How is it possible now to admit that France can take up the refusal of the belligerent Powers, and associate herself with the desires for energetic action supposed to be entertained by the Cabinet of St. James's ? The French Government must say to itself to-day what public opinion loudly proclaims—namely, that al: the misfortunes which aiiict Denmark are owing to the hesitating policy of the English Cabinet, and that it is not for France to repair the faults of England. France cannot but say, with everybody else, that if the English Go vernment had sincerely desired an armistice, Lord Palmerston, who convoked the Confereace for April 12, before the taking of Duppel, would not have put it off till the 20th, to give the Prussians time to in vade Jutland. In consenting to take part in the Conference, France has signed no pact with Eng land; she has neither fettered her will nor her action. She may have doubted of the success of the tardy effort of British diplomacy, but would not, there fore, on that account refuse her participation—that is all. The concurrence of France was given, but the effort turns out to have been useless, and now the Imperial Government cannot go further. Prus sian policy triumphs, and it triumphs by the aid of England. This consideration may perhaps console the. Cabinet of St. James's ; but it must impose upon France a reserve all the more absolute that neither Europe nor Denmark can now misapprehend the entirely loyal conduct of the Emperor," BOURSE, April 27.—The market opened at a decline on the closing rates of yesterday, but soon afterwards recovered. Threes, for the Account, which commenced at 66f. 70c., are now at 66f. 85c. Mobilier, after having been done at 1,175 f., have since advanced to 1,205 f. The Railway Market has been heavy, and with prices in some cases lower. The market continued buoyant to the close, and left off as follows 41 per Cents. 93 50 Do. end month 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 05 Credit Mather 1230 Do, end month 1237 50 Bank Shares 3375 Credit if oncier 1270 Roman Italian Loan 69 10 Do. end month 69 15 New ditto .. Do. end month.... Russian Austrian .. B2 Spanish Threes 5l 73 Rome Debt Deferred vA.Ye. Cash. Account. 890 887 50 97 5 .. 972 60 950 .. 952 50 887 50 .. 675 .. 672 50 505 480 .. 480 371 25 .. 367 60 415 ;. 417 60 555 .. 560 -- 492 50 .. 493 575 .. 5 7 5 270 275 RAIL' Orleans Northern LYOLIN and Mediterranean New ditto Southern Western Eastern Sardinian .. Austrian .. Lon , hard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona DEATH OF MR. KERSHAW, M.P.—lntelligence was received by electric telegraph yesterday, it; Manchester, of the death, at Streatham, Surrey, of Mr. J. Kershaw, one of the members for Stockport, and head of the firm of Kershaw, Sidebottom, and Co., cotton spinners, manufacturers, and calico printers, Portland-street, Man chester. Mr. Kershaw was born in 1795, and was one of the successful men of the day. He started in life as a ware house lad, but showed such eminent business qualities that at a tolerably early age he was made a partner in the mer cantile firm of Lees, Millington, and Cullender, of which ultimately he became the leading partner, It was not till some years after that ho became a spinner and manufac turer. As a liberal politician he took part in most of the stirring events in Manchester from ]B3O forwards, includ ing the Reform and the Anti-Corn Law League agitations. He was a member of the Council of the League, and sup ported the movement liberally with his purse as well as with his voice and personal influence. He was a subscriber of £l,OOO to the " Great Anti-Corn Law League Fund," as it was termed, and about the same time he subscribed £l,OOO towards purchasing public parks for the people of Manches ter. He was also a liberal supporter of schools and foreign missions. So munificent was he in his desire to promote any work which ho thought to be good that it is said in a single year his name was down as a subscriber to three different objects to the amount of £l,OOO each. He was an earnest supporter of the movement for obtaining a charter of incor poration for Manchester, was elected an alderman of the first Town Council under the charter, and was made Mayor of Manchester in 1843, holding the office for two years. He became a candidate for the representation of Stockport in Parliamant with Mr. Cobden in July, 1847, but was de feated. In December of the same year, however, on Mr. Cobden vacating his seat at Stockport to accept a seat for the West Riding of Yorkshire, ho stood a second contest, and was elected. Ho continued to hold the seat till his death, He was held in high respect both in Stockport and Manchester. He lost his only son some years ago, but seve ral daughters surriye him, The Capture of Fort Pillow. The Montreal Ocean Mail Steamship Company's screw steamer Hibernian, Captain Dutton, which left Portland, Maine, on the evening of the 16th inst., arrived in the Mersey at one o'clock yesterday afternoon. A telegraphic summary of the news has already appeared. The particulars of the capture of Fort Pillow are given in a despatch of the 14ch from Cairo, Illinois, as follows :—" The attack began on Tuesday morn• ing, the 12th. The Confederate general Forrest soon sent a flag of truce demanding the surrender of the fort and garrison ; in the meanwhile so disposing his troops as to take the advantage of our forces. Major Booth, who commanded, refused the flag of truce, and the fighting recommenced. After wards a second flag came in, which was also re fused. Both flags gave the rebels the advan tage of gaining new positions. The battle was kept up until three p.m., when Major Booth was killed, and Major Bradford took command. The rebels now made such a furious attack that our men were compelled to surrender. Immediately upon the surrender, a scene ensued which beffles all de scription. Up to that time comparatively few of our men had been kille2, but luttantly on taking possession of the fort the fiends commenced an in. discrimivate butchery of the whites and blacks, including those of both colours who had pre viously been wounded. The black soldiers becoming demoralised, rushed to the rear, the white officers having thrown down their arms, Both white and black were bayonetted, shot, or sabred. Even dead bodies were horribly mutilated, and children and several negro women were murdered in cold blood. Soldiers, unable to speak from wounds, were shot dead, and their bodies thrown into the river. The dead and wounded negroes were piled in heaps and burned; and several citizens, who had joined our forces for protection, were killed and wounded. Out of the garrison of 600 but 200 remained alive. Major Bradford is said to have escaped. The steamer Platte Valley came up at about 3.30 p.m., and was hailed by the rebels under a flag of truce. Some men were sent ashore to bury the dead, and take aboard such of the wounded as the enemy had allowed to live. 57 men were taken aboard, includ ing 7or 8 coloured; 8 died on the way up. The steamer arrived at Cairo, and was immediately sent to Mound City, to discharge her suffering cargo. Six guns were captured by the rebels, and carried off. A large amount of stores was destroyed or carried off. The intention of the rebels seemed to be to move on towards Memphis, and capture the place." Another despatch of the 15th, from Cairo, says: —" Three other negroes were buried alive by the rebels at Fort Pillow, making five in all. All were wounded but one; ho was forced to help to dig pits, and was then thrown in and covered with the rest. " General Chalmers said to a Federal officer on the steamer Platte Valley that it Viti3 their inten tion to show no mercy to Southerners serving in the Union army and negroes ; but the genuine Yankee would be treated as a prisoner of war." A correspondent of the St. Louis Union, who was on board the steamer Platte Valley, at Fort Pillow, says many of the wounded were shot in the hospital. The remainder were driven out and the hospital burned. On the morning after the battle the rebels went over the field and shot the negroes who had not died from their wounds. Of 350 coloured troops not more than 56 escaped massacre, and not one officer that commanded them survives. General Cnalmers told this correspondent that, although it was against the policy of his Govern ment to spare negro soldiers or their officers, he had done all in his power to stop the carnage, but at the same time he believed it was right. Another officer said the white troops would have been protected had they not been found on duty with the negroes. STATE OF TRADE, DUNDEE, April 26.—The demand for flax, tow, and cedilla is entirely consumptive, and only small sales are reported. The Riga ships are now coming in, which will supply spinners and keep the market quiet. Jute is also in very moderate request, and rather easier to buy. The inquiry for all descrip. tins of yarns, flax, tow, and jute is still active, and prices are fully maintained. There is no change in the demand for linen s the orders coming in quite as fast as they are produced, and manufacturers both of coarse and fine fabrics are very busy and largely foresold. NOTTINGHAM, 27th.—There is a shade more do ing in several branches of the lace trade this week. Cotton goods are in a little better request, and for silk Mechlins and quiltings the demand is very active. Black silk laces and edgings still remain a dull sale, but stocks in the dealers hands are be• coming lighter. There is still a very little doing for Germany, and no improvement for the continen tal market is expected while matters remain so un settled. In hosiery there has been a fair amount of business doing, and business generally remains healthy. Yarns ar© very arm, with an upward tendency. SIGNOR MERCADANTE i 8 announced as having completed a grand overture, with uo len taking a title than "The Polish iueurrentioß." 'OA einrt tlrtnbr HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, April 27. The Queen, Prince Alfred, Princess Helena, and Princess Louise walked out yesterday. Prince Leopold took a drive. --- A deputation, introduced by Mr. Ewartdl•P'' the Hon. Algernon Egerton, M.P., and Mr. C. Ic r. ner, M.P., had an interview with Lord Palmerst°, at Cambridge-house yesterday upon the subject of the African trade. The deputation consisted. 01 Messrs. H. and W. King, of the Auglo.Af riea° , Company of London ; Messrs. Lucas, Brothers, a" Co., of Bristol; Messrs. Thomas Harrison, G. IL Horsfall, A. Ashmall, Peter Stuart, Peter Douglas' T. Cookson, E. Hatton, I. Tyson, S. J. Arnold, u' I. Cornish, T. Cieaton, and J. B. Cooper (secr etar/ to the African Association), all of Liverpool. • Despatches were received yesterday at the Colo A nial-office from the Governor of Prince E dicar' Island. The Duchess of St. Albans and 'Viscount 1411 g; land entertained a select party at dinner last eve ning ' a their residence at Princes-gate. The Countess of Verulam has issued cards f or a dancing party on the 11th of next month, at her otos ° in Great Stanhope-street. The Earl Granville has been confined t° hi : residence in Braton.street, for some days past, by a seve cold. rah The Earl and Countess Spencer and Lady Pa — of Spencer are expected to arrive in town about the nlidc lie - May, from Egypt, for the season, The Earl Howe, since his arrival in towof bra been confined to Curzon House by indisposition. Field, Marshal Viscount Combermere and VIP countess Combermere are not to arrive in London for season until the second week in May. Viscount and Viscountess Stratford de Bedell! received a select circle at dinnar last evening at fly residence in Grosvenor-square. Lord and Lady Henniker and the Hon. Mi nes nta Henniker are expected in town early next week) f r-- Thornham Hall, Suffolk, for the season, THE CONFERENCE, The Paris papers of this morning publish some details respecting the Conference. La France says "At the meeting of the Conference on Mond 6 / the first question mooted was that of an ar mistic e ' The demand was made conjointly by France °I l England. We are assured that the plenipotentis rl6i; of the German Powers had come without 6 13 be 1 ; structions on the subject', and that they have : obliged to refer to their respective Governments. La Patrie says:— " We have received from various sources accoO te of the sitting of the Conference on the 25th lo st ' The proposition of an armistice was forma lll brought forward, with the condition that the e li t e . ; pension of hostilities should not imply that of t", existing blockade. The plenipotentiaries of Austria and Prussia at once declared that they had 0 0 in .. structions on that point, but accepted the prop ol ; • tion ad referendum, that is to say, that they mee t consult their respective Governments." The London correspondence of the Independa tici Beige contains the following : " The Conference met on the 25th. All tl/5 plenipotentiaries were present. After having e IL; changed their credentials, Lord Clarendon broug ht forward the proposal of an immediate armisti ce. The proposal was supported by the plenipotena tiaries of France, Russia, and Sweden. It gage rise to a somewhat lively discussion between th e representatives of Austria and Prussia on t he one hand and of Denmark on the other. Fina 9 the Austrian and Prussian plenipotentiaries sak e for the time necessary to refer to their Goer °. ments for instructions, and the Conference has bee n adjourned until they have received them." The Journal des Debate says :—" We do not j oy tend to know everything that passed at the Code' rence on the 25th instant, but what results can l fs expect from a Conference which finds itself P 2ll. lysed in its action at the very outset by such suave proceedings as those of Austria and Prussia, vib e are already roiling heavy stones into the path I .° obstruct the action of diplomacy ?" A telegraphic despatch from Vienna, dated 26th' gives the following extract from the London cor re' spondent (telegraphic) of the Abend Post, 5 journal published at that capital : " Yesterday (25tb), the Conference met in plentil A provisional suspension of hostilities by land one by-sea was proposed, with the maintenance of til existing blockade, until a resolution has been adop ted respecting the armistice. " The plenipotentiaries of the belligerent Poke r : have accepted the proposition ad referendum , await instructions from their respective Gael ° ments." The Abend-Post observes that the clause for O e maintenance of the blockade during the arnalst i l scarcely admits of the probability that Austria e ri Prussia will accept the proposition. SCOTTISH NATIONAL MEMORIAL TO THE PRISC S CONSORT.—A meeting of the acting committee fit promoting the Scottish national memorial was held Edinburgh on Tuesday, under the presidency of the 1)11" ~ of Buccleuch. His grace reported that he had not had e 0 opportunity last summer of ascertaining the Queen's wi 511 . : on the subject, but he had lately been in communica te ' with General Grey, to whom he intimated that there considerable anxiety felt as to what form the memor' fi a should take, both in regard to the site and the design, ° l3 her Majesty had been pleased to follow very much the 1 3r ,; cedent set in London of naming a small committee of adO c to assist her with their counsel in the matter. Her DlAl° Bti f had already decided that Edinburgh, as the metropetis,l, Scotland, was the most appropriate place for a Scotti e national memorial, but nothing had yet been deteratis, eci f t either as to the mode of obtaining designs, whether 0 1 3 e or by express invitation to leading artists, or as to the pr ees 3 situation and character of the design. On these poin ts ; would be the duty of the committee to g ive the best ads , in their power. Tho committee named by her Majesty O il slated of the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, the Right 1 1 °,, 1 11/ Sir William Gibson Craig, the Right Hon, Sir J. M`N ei r t : Sir John Watson Gordon (president of the Royal Scot t!/ Academy), Dr. Lyon Playfair, and himself, A long cll :, cussion took place as to the position of the acting cosm ic ," tee in the present circumstances, when it was resolved thank the Duke of Buccleuch for the steps he had taken i 4 accordance with the request made to hint, and to await tm i further expression of her Majesty's wishcs as to the site nature of the memorial, Several member s expressed the ° selves in favour of an open competition, but this otber 0 , feared would deter many eminent artists 1 7 ho might Co lli d forward on invitation, A statement of accounts was re 6 ; from which it appeared that the fund amounted to ali sl £13,000. Five designs which had been sent La to the ac till , i com mittee were produced, several of them consisted ° sculpture, others combined architectural compoeitimae,s vit „ A i sculpture. They were handed over to the committee " advice. A vote of thanks was then tendered to the Pt l° of Bucckuch for presiding. SHAKSYERE'S REPRESENTATIVES.—IR this St, year of Jubilee, the 30 0 th of Shakspere the 0" and the last, it will be singular if something new cunce o ; ing him, his fa.'nily, his fel lows, or his works, does n° come to light. Wa fear the chance of learni n g anyti' iro, new, .. or corroborat i ug anything old ab ou t hi m , i s but sins i, ' c i As to his family, the mine has been pretty nearly wori'l, oat. Mr. Harnesss fooad a new husband for Mrs. at i li spero, one Rickard James; Mr. Collier provided the bard with a new son, of the name of Edward ; and foreasw el s as the line of Shakspere's own. descendants ceased on the death of Lady Barnard, in 1670, it seemed difficult, to Fs/ the least of it, to furnish him with a new legal repre 2 s A ll i ; tative. Yet even that feat was essayed by one Laic Peshall, who, in 1841, made public her claim to that dist. tinguished honour. We do not remember how she a t , temptedtempted to prove her claim; nor do we see how she coul a have done so, unless she established an illegitimate bre.nea f from the unknown lady who, thanks to the forgetive w et o Armitage Brown and Thomas de Quincey, has been al t. ' . brated as the joint mistress of Lady Pembroke and Sits' spere.—Once a Week. CHEAP EDITION OF II LES IMISERANLES' ' Victor Hugo.—Messrs. Hurst and Thackett Eg g , just issued a rare and cheap edition of the authorizodL , E , lish translation of Victor lingo's celebrated novel, Miserables," in a single volume, beautifully illustrated 1 - ) j . Millais, price ss. bound, forming the new volume of_ , l_; popular standard library. In its present cheap and elegant form, the work will doubtless find as many purchasers T 1: England as it has already met with on the centinen nerits el ' Les Miserables,"' says the Quart er ! .s a ' whole. "do not merely consist in the conception of abounds, b lt eauty.n page after page, with details oltft'unequalled